"Sounds good, at least not embarrassing. ”

Grindelwald listened carefully to Elena's description, and after a moment of silence, he nodded slowly.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws that no living creature can resist. Even Nicolame, who has mastered the Philosopher's Stone and has a near-"eternal" lifespan, cannot prevent his own body from aging.

In fact, Grindelwald was not afraid of death, and during his long solitary time he imagined many scenes of death visiting, and this unhurried situation is undoubtedly one of the most ideal ways to say goodbye.

"I'm sorry ......"

Elena bit her lip hard, still keeping her head down—for the first time in her past and present life, the girl felt that the footsteps of death sounded so clear.

"There's nothing to be sorry for, as you said, this, huh...... Diabetes is not an overnight condition. It's a long process, even so long that it may be long before you are born. ”

Grindelwald waved his hand disapprerovingly, as one of the few open-minded wizards in the wizarding world, it was not very difficult for him to accept and understand some of Elena's mouth of Muggle medical theory.

"Look up at me, I'm not fragile enough to die if I look at me. ”

Glancing at the depressed Elena, Grindelwald raised his eyebrows and gently patted the girl's slightly trembling shoulder, "Listen, in this world, people are dying all the time, and death is just the most common thing." As a wizard, it's not a bad thing to learn how to deal with death earlier. ”

"Actually, this is just a scene you and Dumbledore put together, trying to temper me? Dumbledore has been watching us from a corner, right?"

Elena raised her head, her eyes slightly red and swollen, and asked quite unwillingly, with a hint of hope in her tone.

“...... It's a pity. ”

Grindelwald looked at the little girl in front of him whose eyes were swollen like rabbits and whose eyes radiated an unrealistic glint of hope, and after a moment of silence, he shook his head calmly.

"Okay. In fact, I can also tell you that tomorrow morning when you wake up and find that everything is just a dream, the world is still beautiful, I am healthy, you will go back to Hogwarts to continue your studies, and all the ordinary daily life will come back...... But—you and I both know that doesn't make sense, does it?"

"Actually......" Elena's eyes darkened.

"My magic can last for about eleven hours, which is almost enough to get through today. ”

Grindelwald stretched out his big hand and rubbed the girl's hair, interrupting Elena's words before she could organize, and looked at the girl's blue eyes seriously, "But...... Tonight, let me go back to the tower and sleep alone—I thought about it, and it was still comfortable to sleep in the room before. Be quiet when you leave tomorrow, and don't bother me again. ”

"What are you talking nonsense, that room up above isn't ......"

Hearing Grindelwald's voice, Elena frowned suddenly, and was about to point out the old man's mistakes, when suddenly she saw a look of request that she had never seen before in the old wizard's smiling eyes, and the words that were about to be uttered suddenly choked in her throat.

"Okay, I see. ”

Elena's face changed a few times, her lips moved into a soft sigh in her heart, and finally she didn't say anything, just nodded her head and agreed, her chest seemed to be suddenly blocked, and she panicked.

"Okay, let's not talk about that. ”

After getting Elena's promise, the expression on Grindelwald's face relaxed, waved his hand and suddenly changed the topic and said, "If I'm not mistaken, it's your birthday in ten days, right?"

"Well, September 25th. Elena nodded, looking at the old man with some confusion.

"I have a gift for you, and I was going to wait until Albus came to pick you up, but it looks like I had to do it a little earlier. ”

Grindelwald smiled slightly, and with his right hand took out a delicately crafted necklace from the inner pocket of his robe, the pattern of the pendant consisted of a triangle, a circle, and a vertical line, which seemed to be made of some unknown metal, and shone slightly in the light of the flickering fire of the fireplace beside him.

"It's a little gadget I made when I was younger. It's a magic item with a small iron armor spell on it that will automatically help you resist one or two simple spells - if it's the kids in your school, it might take five or ten to break. ”

"...... at the same time"

Grindelwald paused, rubbing his thumb on the pattern, his expression a little complicated, "This is also the symbol I used to have, that is, the famous Dark Lord logo in the mouth of the wizarding world, so it's best not to show it in front of people too often." ”

"yes, I see. ”

Elena nodded, took the necklace from the old man's hand with both hands, and put it solemnly around her neck.

The pendant does not have the cold metallic coolness of the imagination when it is attached to the skin, but a slightly rough feeling like wood and stone, and a magic power hovers in the center of the pendant, as if waiting to be activated at any time.

"But you don't have to be too nervous, and I don't think there are too many people who know this sign. ”

Grindelwald glanced at Elena and grinned, "After all, far too long has passed since my time, and even the youngest wizard back then is at least sixty years old now. And I guess Voldemort's unaesthetic snake and bone markings seem more intimidating than the symbol, and maybe I should have added some bones or animals or something ...... at the time. ”

As he spoke, Grindelwald shook his head in disgust, the wizards of today were much worse than he was back then.

Ignoring the old man's jokes, Elena touched the pendant on her chest and asked with a frown.

"Is there really no other way, think about it, like contacting Dumbledore or even the European Ministry of Magic?"

Although she had promised the old wizard not to discuss this issue again, Elena was still a little reluctant to give up after all.

"No, it won't. In order to prevent the entry of wizards from the outside world, Newmengard Castle was cut off from all external communication channels. ”

Gellert Grindelwald shook his head, looked around at the surrounding castle walls, and spread his hands.

"The entire castle was built with the No Draw Charm, the No Apparition Charm or the Apparition Shifting Charm, and the Muggle Expulsion Charm...... and so on, a series of profound spells, completely stripped it from most people's cognition. ”

"Even since the discovery of a saint trying to break into the castle, the true coordinates of the entire castle have been hidden in Dumbledore's heart using the Loyalty Charm. Unless Albus takes the initiative to bring someone to come and reveal the address in person, until Albus's death, no one in the entire wizarding world will be able to find this castle built in the middle of the Alps. ”

"So...... No one will come. ”

With that, Gellert Grindelwald stood up, took the initiative to end the topic, and stretched out his hand to Elena with a smile.

"Speaking of which, I haven't taken you on a proper tour of this castle for so many days. While it's still early today, you can walk around the castle with me - I can tell you some secrets about the wizarding world that the professors at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry won't tell you. ”

Since there was only one last day left, Grindelwald naturally didn't want to continue to sit in the room in a daze.

Except for helping Elena go to the fourth floor to catch termites a few days ago, he's forgotten the last time he walked in Newmondgadri.

"What's the matter? Why are you still stunned?"

After a while, Grindelwald, who had not received any response, raised his head in confusion and shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "Could it be that you have other better ideas?"

Not far from the old man, I saw Elena's brows tightened, her index finger in her mouth and bit gently, her dim eyes gradually lit up, and she whispered unconsciously.

"Austria...... Alps...... Austria...... Alpine ......""

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Mutter~